X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=HOWTO;h=d5fa98768735302bdfed61012744b8cd8ff7eca7;hp=d5be376d3e5c4696bf9a381ff1944ba59dfbc6ac;hb=30a4588ac62017cf6ff9a64a4d18118251d8713f;hpb=fba5c5ff89163062922c3e560e871c087f2177c3 diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index d5be376d..d5fa9876 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -272,17 +272,17 @@ filename=str Fio normally makes up a filename based on the job name, can specify a number of files by separating the names with a ':' colon. So if you wanted a job to open /dev/sda and /dev/sdb as the two working files, you would use - filename=/dev/sda:/dev/sdb. On Windows, disk devices are accessed - as \\.\PhysicalDrive0 for the first device, \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - for the second etc. - Note: Windows and FreeBSD prevent write access to areas of the disk - containing in-use data (e.g. filesystems). - If the wanted filename does need to include a colon, then escape that - with a '\' character. - For instance, if the filename is "/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c", - then you would use filename="/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\:c". - '-' is a reserved name, meaning stdin or stdout. Which of the - two depends on the read/write direction set. + filename=/dev/sda:/dev/sdb. On Windows, disk devices are + accessed as \\.\PhysicalDrive0 for the first device, + \\.\PhysicalDrive1 for the second etc. Note: Windows and + FreeBSD prevent write access to areas of the disk containing + in-use data (e.g. filesystems). + If the wanted filename does need to include a colon, then + escape that with a '\' character. For instance, if the filename + is "/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c", then you would use + filename="/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\:c". '-' is a reserved name, meaning + stdin or stdout. Which of the two depends on the read/write + direction set. opendir=str Tell fio to recursively add any file it can find in this directory and down the file system tree.